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EAS 4300: Introduction to Oceanography, FALL 2009. INSTRUCTORS: Emanuele Di Lorenzo phone 404-894-3994 office ES&T 3244 email edl@eas.gatech.edu Kim Cobb phone 404-894-3895 office ES&T 3240 email kcobb@gatech.edu TA: Yisen Zhong Email yzhong31@gatech.edu
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EAS 4300: Introduction to Oceanography, FALL 2009 INSTRUCTORS: Emanuele Di Lorenzo phone 404-894-3994 office ES&T 3244 email edl@eas.gatech.edu Kim Cobb phone 404-894-3895 office ES&T 3240 email kcobb@gatech.edu TA: Yisen Zhong Email yzhong31@gatech.edu Course Website http://ocean3d.org/eas-4300 1
Questions for you: Why do we care about Oceanography?
Things to think about: Recreation Fossil fuel resource Ocean energy Navigation/transportation Carbon cycle Marine biology Hazards Biodiversity Medical potential/drug discovery New models of life Climate Fisheries
Ocean & Hazards Sea surface temperature in the tropical oceans fuel hurricanes Hurricanes becoming more intense as ocean warms?
Ocean & Climate The ocean plays a dominant role in heat transport and mixing 8
Ocean & Climate Thomson, R. E., and J. F. R. Gower, 1998: A basin-scale oceanic instability event in the Gulf of Alaska. J Geophys Res-Oceans, 103, 3033-3040. Vortices are the strongest mixing agent in the ocean. They influence the ocean circulation and biology. NORTH AMERICA Gulf of Alaska 9
Ocean & Climate Change Global Surface Temperatures and Sea Level are rising 10
Ocean & Climate Change Global Surface Temperatures and Sea Level are rising 11
synchronized alternations between sardines/anchovies over the entire Pacific Ocean? Ocean & Climate & Marine Ecosystems Ocean climate affects fish distributions and abundance Sardines/Anchovies 12
Ocean & Carbon Cycle Marine Ecosystem regulate the cycling of chemical species relevant to climate (e.g. Carbon Dioxide) Chlorophyll Spring 2005 (MODIS Satellite) 13
We studied oceanography in San Diego at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Kim Climate and paleoclimate El Nino-Southern Oscillation Manu Ocean and climate dynamics Physical-biological interactions in the ocean Ocean Forecasting